A/N: Thanks to alwaysingirl and RoseWing for their reviews! Yeah, I haven't played OoT in a couple months so I can't really remember how the Lost Woods music worked. I do vaguely remember it dimming sometimes. Just my imagination? DX
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Chapter 14 - Maze
Zelda tossed the dagger around in her palm as she circled the wolf, which was keeping a wary eye on her as well. From its appearance, she concluded that it was a Wolfos, a creature she only read of in books. It was a lot bigger and... creepier in person, though. According to her books, if the Wolfos is under attack, it raises its arms to its face. Its arms have a huge quantity of muscle, which is toned so much that hitting them is likened to hitting solid rock. She decided that needles would be better to start the fight.
She made the first move, throwing a needle from her supply. The Wolfos ducked at the last second as the weapon flew over its head into the ivy covered wall behind. Zelda flicked out another needle, readying herself for the Wolfos' move.
It ran up to Zelda, breaking the steady rhythm of circling, and lunged one of its hands at her head. She dodged at the last second and quickly jabbed her dagger into the Wolfos' stomach area, causing it to cry out in pain. She grinned to herself.
It looks like they aren't protected everywhere.
The Wolfos somersaulted back into its original position, clearly annoyed that it had let her hit it so easily. This time, it patiently circled her, not attacking. This went on for another five minutes.
'Come on! I don't want a boring battle!' she shouted at it. It wasn't convinced, so it continued to circle her. She growled and flicked out another needle, firing it at the Wolfos' chest. The Wolfos raised its arm quickly, and the needle bounced off it harmlessly. Zelda roared and flinged one again, this time at the Wolfos head. However, the Wolfos was quick, and it ducked again, the needle drifting harmlessly over it.
Zelda then noticed the wound she made was quickly crusting over, forming a scab. By the time that heals, it would be back to near perfect health once again. Zelda decided to take the direct approach.
Roaring a battle cry, she jumped forward, dagger raised. The Wolfos seemed taken by surprise, but it still brought up its arm at the last second. Zelda ignored it, and delivered a swift kick to its stomach. The Wolfos cried out in pain, jumping back a few steps. The wound that was healing so well opened up once again, bleeding intensely. The Wolfos looked down and gave a loud roar, now enraged. Zelda smiled.
Now we're talkin'!
She shot forward and stab at the Wolfos' stomach again, giving it no time to recover. It narrowly avoided another injury by throwing down its arm, the dagger plinking off it weakly. Zelda smiled and brought up her right arm. Her needle-firing arm. She shot two at point blank range right into the Wolfos' head, causing it to fall back onto the ground. It howled, bleeding from its head and stomach. There was so much blood, whenever Zelda attacked all she could see was a bright red blur. She kicked it in the head twice, then in the stomach. It cried out now, crawling away, desperate to get away from this maniacal attacker. She laughed and kicked it in the rump, causing it to fall over. It seemed almost comedic, her beating the living daylights out of this so-called 'dangerous' monster. A princess, of all people!
She decided to end its misery by stabbing it in the back twice, causing it to scream out. With a final howl, it burst into flames, leaving nothing more than a burn mark and a puddle of blood. Zelda wiped the dagger onto the grass to clean off the blood of her latest kill, grimacing at how much there was. Perhaps she needed to tone down her temporary insanity just a tad.
She noticed noises coming from the entrance to the next area. Looking at her map, she found it was like a little maze, leading up to the Forest Temple, where she would next meet Link. She crept up to the entrance, looking around the wall surreptitiously. There was a huge boar-like monster at one end of the alley, menacing in appearance. It held a large spear, patrolling the area slowly. Zelda had never seen them before, but it didn't look like she could take them out by herself. Looking at the other end of the alley, she could see another way around to the next junction.
She decided to sneak, like any Sheikah would.
She waited as the monster turned its back on the entrance where she was, then quickly sneaked around clinging to the wall. What she didn't count on was the monster turning around so quickly.
A roar sounded behind her. She looked back, and the monster was running at an alarming speed, spear pointed at her. Judging from the spear's size, she concluded that she would be very dead if the monster got to her with it. Running now, sprinting, she turned the corner before the monster reached her, missing by inches. Looking back, the monster's spear was wedged into the wall, with the monster trying hard to pull it out. However, at the speed it was going, that was going to take a while.
She chuckled; apparently unfazed that she came so close to an early grave, and turned the next corner.
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After a whopping two hours, she made it through the makeshift maze. About half that time was spent waiting for the monsters to turn and walk back. They walked so slow that Zelda wondered how the first one had almost killed her by running so fast. Maybe they only could walk and run, but not in the middle.
From where she was, there was a straight shot down to where the Temple entrance was. The only downside, however, was that yet another monster blocked her path.
'Dammit!' she swore. The monster ahead caught sight of her and took out a weapon. Surprisingly, it wasn't a spear, but rather a large club. Then, quick as a flash, it struck te ground, causing a wave of dirt and shockwaves to travel toward her. She flipped sideways, the wave travelling past her, weakening as it got further away. It appeared that she had two choices: fight the thing, or get past it. Judging from its size, she decided that option two was a bit less impossible.
Putting all her weapons back into place, she sprinted up to the beast, ready to jump. The beast did what she expected and swung for her horizontally. She jumped over the club and lightly tapped it with her foot, giving her more momentum. Then, she threw her hand down onto the beast's helmet, so light that once she got past, the beast looked around, confused as to where she had disappeared to. She laughed quietly as she ran through to the entrance.
As she entered, she noticed something very familiar. Right in the middle of the clearing was a raised crest, a Triforce symbol painted onto the front. The only difference was a faint green pattern above the symbol. There was also a tree at the end, covered with vines. From how the tree's bark texture was, Zelda judged that one would need a Hookshot to get up there, an item shown to her by Dampé back in Kakariko.
Her thoughts were interrupted by movement behind her. She turned to see Link, finally awake, Master Sword in hand.
'Who are you?' he asked. His voice was much deeper than when she had first met him in that vision.
'I am Sheik. Survivor of the Sheikahs...' she began.
'Why are you here?' Link interrupted.
'I've been waiting for you, Hero of Time...
'When evil rules all, an awakening voice from the Sacred Realm will call those destined to be Sages, who dwell in the five temples. One in a deep forest... One on a high mountain... One under a vast lake... One within the house of the dead... One inside a goddess of the sand...
'Unfortunately, equipped as you currently are, you cannot even enter the temple... But, if you believe what I'm saying, you should head to Kakariko Village...
She paused as she brought out the harp.
'In order to come back here again, play the Minuet of Forest.'
Effortlessly, she played the notes. Surprisingly, with all the recent events, she was still able to recall them.
As she finished, Link pulled out the Ocarina of Time. Ah, so he had got it then.
He then played the notes with ease, perhaps picking up the song even quicker than she had with Rauru. The familiar green light surrounded them as he played.
After finishing, Zelda nodded.
'Excellent. Now whenever you want to return here, play that song and you will come to this exact spot.'
Link nodded.
'Thank you,' he said, and ran out.
Zelda's legs suddenly became weak as the feeling that she was being dragged into unconsciousness occured again. She smiled faintly as she fell to the ground, gone.
A/N: Yeah... I kinda missed a few details about Sheik (she first meets Link at the Temple of Time, not the forest), and I also used Sheik's dialogue from the game in the little speech. Anyway, hope you liked! Forgive any typos!